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>> reporter: the suspected terrorist in france was killed. >> we feel a bit safer but it is not finished. >> there might be other people who want to attack us. >> reporter: a fugitive still on the loose. the police posted a video message warning the public he is dangerous and likely armed. they obtained it this photo of a gunman opening fire. he aims his rifle at a woman and walks away. >> they will consider a measure on friday to extend the state of emergency here for 3 more months. the lower house of parliament given the green light. >> reporter: the measure will expand the police powers and allow the authorities to restrict the movements. residents and tourists are gather in central paris. it this group of women came to show support for the french and condemn the attacks. >> what happened in paris last week has nothing to do, absolutely nothing to do with islam. >> reporter: france and
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belgium are asking their neighbors to tighten border security. >> we got word from the french government that the president is calling for air strikes not only this in syria but in iraq as well. >> thank you. new tonight, the english premiere league said the french national anthem will be played before every game this week as a show of solidarity. now, the attacks on france and now a video released from isis. the fbi is taking the threat to capitol hill and taeurbging it seriously and has for year -- taking it seriously and has for years. we go live from downtown d.c. good afternoon, bruce. >> reporter: good evening, jan. the fbi assistant director is really doing his best to
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reassure people. he is as there is no specific credible threat at it had point to washington, d.c. but he also knows that we are always in the cross hairs. >> reporter: law enforcement is no different than the rest of us, the paris attacks got their attention, the fbi knows the terrorists have been gunning for washington for years. an"d the police are already on intense alert somewhat we were already in, prior to the tragedy in paris, in a high threat level. we are continuing to do this work last week and this week. >> reporter: the french also conduct rigorous surveillance. the attackers were clearly able to move and communicate without being detected ahead of type. >> how concerned are you now on
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social media on what's app. >> we are concerned about terrorists exploiting that to their advantage. again, we have been successful in terms of the work we do in overcoming that. there is a high vollule of that type of talk out there. and on volume of that type of talk out there but i think we have a handle on it. >> people don't want to and downtown for thanksgiving, school groups are canceling trips, should they cancel trips to dc? >> we want to assure the public that it is safe here. and, we want people to go about their daily lives and not alter anything that they would otherwise do. >> reporter: the "new york times" reports tonight haeven before the paris attacks there were about 3 dozen people in the u.s. suspected of ties with islamic state that were under heavy physical or electric
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surveillance. keeping an eye on all of the potential lone wolf attackers that are out there. it is a huge challenge. we are live at the fbi's washington field office, wusa9. >> all right, bruce, thank you. >> he is trying to reassure people he needs your help. it is critical this that you notice law enforcement that you see something suspicious. >> on capitol hill tonight, the house passed a bill that puts a roadblock in front of syrian refugees hoping to come here to the u.s. dozens of democrats joined all but 2 republicans in approving the about bill. that is more than enough to override the veto by president barack obama. they say it makes sense to put syrian settlements on hold in light of the attack in paris. the bill was misguided. >> there is a real possibility that a terrorist particularly one from or claiming to be from syria or iraq will attempt to gain access to the united states as a refugee. somewhat it slams the door, the
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door, again, on desperate mothers and children's fears. >> the bill moves over to the senate. over the past 4 aryes 2300 syrian refugees have been allowed into the u.s. for the latest on the paris attacks here at home and over seas, we got an entire section dedicated to it on our free wusa9 nows app. front-runner hillary clinton says she would not send ground troops out to fight isis. she would resist and the white house needed to push arab leaders to confront islamic extremists. >> isis dem straights new ambition, reach and capabilities. we have to break the group's mowment up and -- demonstrates new ambition, reach and capabilities. we have to break the group's
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momentum anup the troops on them. >> the united states and other forces provide the support they need. >> muslim nations can can no longer sit on the sidelines and expect the -- can no longer sit on the sidelines and expect the u.s. to do the work for them. though people including the u.s. saturday are dead tonight after a shooting in the west bank. an unidentified ark attacker opened fire on a vehicle and ram -- attacker opened fire on a vehicle and rammed another. palestinian rammed them killing 2. the violence is the latest in a 2-month long wave of unrest that left 17 israelis and 82 palestinians dead. >> tomorrow, powers will walk out of the federal prison a
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free man. selling the u.s. intelligent secrets to israel. although free, he will have to wear a gps device that monitors the situation and he will have a curfew and not allowed to use the super net. they lined up the home and a job for him in the new york area. the judge in indianapolis sented fogel to 15 years and 8 months in prison. more time than prosecutors were asking for. >> it was. the former spokesperson to subway sandwiches agreed for paying for sex with girls under 16 and distributing child pornography. the defense team says he suffered from a hypersexualitia that came out after his weight loss. it was the same weight loss that made him a pitch man for subway. tonight we are learning more about the case of a secret
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service officer and pornography. we are minutes away from learning in national's slugger bryce harper won the national league mvp. more on the much-anticipatedda announcement coming up in sports. we are -- anticipated announcement coming up in sports. now, advancing the future cast. the temperatures in the 40s, not crazy cold, a jacket is a great idea. we will come back and talk about another front on saturday. we will tell you what that can mean for your sunday plans. up
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muslim leaders shouted down are getting letters of apology. dozens of letters come in apologizing for who men who shouted down a local islamic trustee tuesday not. that trustee was talking about plans to build a mosque and facing strong opposition. one man pointed at him shouts "all muslims are terrorists". >> after the lowest feeling tomorrow, to this. >> it is beautiful. i want to take this opportunity to thank the fredericksberg
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people, the good god-fearing fredericksberg people, everyone, muslims, christians, catholics, jewish, everyone. we are expressing our thanks here. we created a wall of gratitude that you can see behind me at wusa9.com/gratitude. we are asking everyone to tell us what you are grateful for this year. the response will go right here on this wall. joining messages just as this one from julie. she says she is grateful she has a first job to help her mom out. we will turn many of the messages into positive stories about what is happening if your community. we made it really easy per you to post your message -- easy for you to post your message. tweet or instagram it or e-mail
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a new general manager for transit. >> that is right. he comes from the airport. he was ceo there, now, we have questions about when he will begin to tackle some of metro's biggest problems. >> reporter: we asked the now gm about key concerns of metro riders. safety, reliability and if there will be a fare hike any time soon. >> i ... >> reporter: paul says he likes a challenge and he will get one as the new head of metro. >> unreliablable. >> the escalators. >> there are few trains on the weekend. yeah, i think that is a big issue for me, i don't have a car. >> reporter: ask them what they would like to change and you will get an array of responses. >> i would say the prices. something is going wrong and it is a habit. raising the prices if something goes wrong. >> more light in the tunnels. it is awfully dark down there.
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>> i get on a blue train, get on a yellow train and another blue train will come,the yellow train comes through. >> the foundation of our system is having faith and confidence that we are safe and we can continue to go about and have your chairished way of life. >> we should never think about safety. just a give in. >> safety and reliability are among the trop priorities and he plans to hit the ground -- among the top priorities and he plans to hit the ground running. >> i want to know what happened, why did it happy, and what do we do to correct it. >> as for fare hikes, he says, not now. >> i don't think this is the time to be asking people for more money when we are not performing on the level that we expected. >> his new 4-year deal gives him $400,000 a year. his annual bonus could be up to 20% of his salary. >> the new gm says he starts work on november 20th. once he moves here he plans to
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take the red line to work. at the metro station, back to you. >> they get $4,000 a month for first six months for temporary housing. we did some changes to see what others are earning. it may or may not surprise you their base salaries are less than what he will take home. the head of new york city transit authority earn $305,000. losangeles is paying $352, chicago pays over $200,000 to its top transit official and the general manager for the b.a.r.t system pays $323,000. officer william porter's trial starts november 30th. he faces assault, misconduct in
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office and ph-pbgs charges. one of six officers charged in the death of freddie grey. they are investigating the shooting of after responding to a call about a man with a knife. the sources tell us, the police have not confirmed that. he was high on pcp at the time. now, the state's attorney general is proposes heighter regulations on companies like fan duel and draft kings for -- for participating. those wet days, getting the 3 day, how are you doing there? >> okay.
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thought we were doing it okay. lowered it to 70. now, we will let you know how we did at 11:00. going to the app store and search for wusa9 and download the app you can track us every day. >> a live look outside. a little drizzle right now. we are in between the front. so, the front is to our west. we are still 64. winds are calm. they will pick up. westerly, then you know the front has gone through. so, cooler, cheering, breezy tonight. nothing crazy cold. bus stop temperatures 41-52. and again, that is about 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. breezy and cool tomorrow. then, breezy and chilly on saturday for the terps graham. terps game. general low clear unless you are in st. charles county. now, still mild, too. 10:00, walk the dog without anything in terms of a heavy
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jacket. 55, 54, and 54 also in fairfax. now, by morning we will fall into the 40s. now, 43, 44, about 44 in buoy and mitchellville. at 9:00, we are in the 40s, the temperatures do not go up much tomorrow. notice the winds, air owes, that is the direction of the winds, a factor. 10-15. by lunchtime, you walk to lunch. temperatures in the lower 50s. bundle up. falling quickly. >> sunny, full sun, 52 at 11:00, 54 at 1:00 p.m. saturday, chilly but nice. clouds coming if late in the day with the next front. 52. that front will drop the temperatures farther. coldest so far on sunday. upper 40s, that is it. next 7 days, middle 40s on monday. but then we see returning, 50 on tuesday. sunshine, 62 on thursday. we do not have a drop or a
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flake on the 7 day. >> no. new manager it looks like he is about to get the mvp. >> waiting word. have not announced it yet. standing by to wait for what we think is the inevitable. season of excellence. bryce, bryce baby. locking to bring home the hardware, talking about it, in next. controversy on the cheerleading team. the coach
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breaking sports news here. a new mvp.
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bryce harper, congratulations! never had a home run champion, cy young winner, none of that. the mvp changed today. mr.harper, a couple years ago he told a reporter at spring training he wanted to do big things, he talked it, he walked it. i can though out a bunch of numbers at you but know this, in a season where every nat missed games due to injury harper towed the line. now, i think he is great. you might not trust my word, listen to his new manager who played with hank aaron, i think he knows talent. >> man, this guy can play. he can really play. and i love watching him play. he has come a long ways in a short period of time. big time. this guy is a player. >> all right, more on harper later on tonight. washington's rushing attack and
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football return last week, the team's running back surfaced from witness protection program. the rush for more hapb 200 yards, good for them. perspective, though, they were playing the saints defense who could not stop a high school team, right? they got it done. now, burgundy and gold nation. hoping to see more of it this. running backs, running free. but, it was a great sign to see washington stable, pushing the pigskin down the field, again. now, jay, explaining why things were successful last week and what he hopes to do this week. >> well, we had success, obviously, on 1st down and 2nd down, getting the 3-4-5 yard games second and long and 3rd and long. your runs are not as effective. so, i just happening the ability to convert on 3rd down keeps it alive and helps our running game tremendously. >> now, this is an issue. this had is video from last night. knight did not practice today. he suffers from migraines, he saw a head specialist, struggling with the headache since he was young.
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hitting the patriots game 2 weeks ago. >> join us for game on 7. 11:30 a.m. preview the games, washington tries to pull the upset. ravens facing the rams on sunday as well. finally, you know, thursday night color rush again, thursday night football rush, titans in the powder blue. then you got the jags and the gold. last week they had that blue red thing. color blind you could not see it. these two teams combine 5-13. maybe you hope you were color blind this week so you don't have to watch this game. that is what they will be wearing tonight. >> do we have anyone why bryce was does he do an interview? >> i am doing one with him tonight. >> one-on-one with just him? >> me in my mind. [ laughter ] >> okay. you are doing the interview that counts. got it. [ laughter ] >> that is all for our nows at 6:00. discover the world
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brought to you by tide >> pelley: the f.b.i. says it's following dozens of people capable of carrying out a paris-style assault in the u.s. also tonight, the suspected mastermind of the paris attacks is a threat no more. he's dead. americans who helped liberate iraq are returning to fight isis. >> we didn't fight and die for nothing. >> pelley: and some reflections on the beaut of a city. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: the terror attacks in paris and the isis video threat of an attack in new york city have a lot of americans worrying could we be next? well, today, the nation's top law enforcement officers gave us their answer, and

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